9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2021-42342
GoAhead Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in GoAhead 4.x and 5.x before 5.1.5. In the file upload filter, user form variables can be passed to CGI scripts without being prefixed with the CGI prefix. This permits tunneling untrusted environment variables into vulnerable CGI scripts.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 14, 2021, 6:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 20, 2021, 5:35 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-42342 has a 15 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-42342 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Embedthis goahead
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-42342.

URL Resource
https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/305 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

All CVE - PoC in GitHub

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Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
5 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 22, 2024, 3:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 928 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 8 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2024, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 9 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 9 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 26, 2024, 10:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 161 different CVEs too.

None

Shell C Python

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 29, 2023, 6:21 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 29, 2023, 5:50 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 2 months ago
104 stars 18 fork 18 watcher
Born at : Nov. 26, 2022, 5:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 108 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 8 months, 3 weeks ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 5:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 7:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 943 different CVEs too.

一个Vulhub漏洞复现知识库

vulnerability exploit

Updated: 2 months ago
448 stars 87 fork 87 watcher
Born at : March 3, 2022, 8:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 171 different CVEs too.

一个漏洞POC知识库 目前数量 1000+

poc

Updated: 2 months ago
3417 stars 682 fork 682 watcher
Born at : Feb. 20, 2022, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 405 different CVEs too.

本项目用于搜集 2022 年的漏洞,注意:本项目并不刻意搜集 POC 或 EXP,主要以CVE-2021、CVE-2022 为关键词,包含但不限于漏洞资讯、漏洞复现、漏洞分析、漏洞验证、漏洞利用

Updated: 3 months ago
380 stars 53 fork 53 watcher
Born at : Jan. 15, 2022, 12:31 a.m. This repo has been linked 53 different CVEs too.

CVE-2021-42342 RCE

Updated: 3 months ago
42 stars 7 fork 7 watcher
Born at : Jan. 4, 2022, 2:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

A small PoC for the recent RCE found in the Goahead Webserver prior to version 5.1.5.

Updated: 2 years ago
21 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Oct. 12, 2021, 6:21 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

This is collection of latest CVE POCs.

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Updated: 6 months, 3 weeks ago
30 stars 7 fork 7 watcher
Born at : Oct. 6, 2020, 4:27 a.m. This repo has been linked 21 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-42342 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-42342 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/305 No Types Assigned https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/305 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-434
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (including) 4.1.3 *cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (excluding) 5.1.5
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-42342 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-42342 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

11.78 }} 6.94%

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0.95351

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